TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grosberg,A.I︠U︡
AU  - Khokhlov,A.R.
AU  - Gennes,Pierre-Gilles de
TI  - Giant molecules: here, there, and everywhere 
SN  - 9789812839237
AV  - QD381 .G755 2011eb
U1  - 547.7 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Hackensack, N.J.
PB  - World Scientific
KW  - Polymers
KW  - Polymères
KW  - polymers
KW  - aat
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Chemistry
KW  - Organic
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-316) and index; 1. Introduction: Physics in the world of giant molecules -- 2. What does a polymer molecule look like? -- 3. How are polymers made -- 4. What kinds of polymer substances are there? -- 5. Polymers in nature -- 6. The mathematics of a simple polymer coil -- 7. The physics of high elasticity -- 8. The problem of excluded volume -- 9. Coils and globules -- 10. Globular proteins and folding -- 11. To knot or not to knot -- 12. Dynamics of polymer fluids -- 13. The mathematics of complicated polymer structures: Fractals -- 14. Polymers, evolution, and the origin of life
N2  - This book describes the basic facts, concepts and ideas of polymer physics in simple, yet scientifically accurate, terms. In both scientific and historic contexts, the book shows how the subject of polymers is fascinating, as it is behind most of the wonders of living cell machinery as well as most of the newly developed materials. No mathematics is used in the book beyond modest high school algebra and a bit of freshman calculus, yet very sophisticated concepts are introduced and explained, ranging from scaling and reptations to protein folding and evolution. The new edition includes an extended section on polymer preparation methods, discusses knots formed by molecular filaments, and presents new and updated materials on such contemporary topics as single molecule experiments with DNA or polymer properties of proteins and their roles in biological evolution
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